Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Wei H. Ye

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided August 27, 2001No. 00-P-70PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtKafker, J.

Masquerading as trick or treaters with painted faces and costumes, four men made their way into the Lexington home of Sookyun Rha on Halloween night, 1997. Once inside, some of the intruders ransacked the house looking for money while others held Rha and her ten year old twin sons at gunpoint. The.intruders eventually discovered the key to the Rhas’ safe and took $15,000 from it before binding the victims’ legs, arms, and mouths with duct tape and dumping them in the basement of the house. Fingerprints of the defendant, Wei H. Ye, were discovered on the inside of a door of a traditional…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MahdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. WaiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  3. Commonwealth v. LaCorteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. ThomasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1995

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Correa v. RyanDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2016
  2. Commonwealth v. AnitusMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
  3. Commonwealth v. GonsalvesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. FrenchMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2015
  5. Commonwealth v. PickensMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003

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